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How do I create a plan with current political districts?

If you already have an equivalency file, you can import that file during the plan creation process to rebuild the plan in Maptitude for Redistricting.

If you do not have an equivalency file, do the following:

1. Choose File-Open and open the Fixed-Format Binary file ccblk.bin. This is the part of the census block database that contains the attribute information for blocks.
   

   Field	Description
   Congress	110th Congressional District
   SLDU	State Legislative Code, Upper Chamber
   SLDL	State Legislative Code, Lower Chamber

2. Choose Dataview-Fields, clear all of the fields from the list, and then add back BLK and your desired field from the list below.
3. If you would like to remove the state code from the Congressional or state legislative district, you can create a Dataview-Formula Field with the formula: substring(xx,3,10) where "xx" is the field you picked from the table above
4. Choose File-Save As and save the dataview as Dbase file.
5. Create a new plan by importing the equivalency file.